Why was the black death such a dangerous disease?

Answer 1

Reasons why:

• It was unstoppable by doctors of that time, they had never seen this sort of disease. (And personally, medicine back then wasn't worth a dime.)
• Dirty and close together houses and neighborhoods, it spread at an amazing rate and the public housing was poor and unkempt.
• It was carried by parasites on rats, and rats were common in the dirty and filthy streets of cities.

Answer 2

Cos' people died.

A2 Modern research supports this plague as due to Yersinia pestis.

One of the frightening features was the quick progress (death in maybe 2+ days) and of course, the population then was not perfectly healthy, so secondary causes are involved. About 30 - 40% of the population died.

The poor died disproportionately, for their health and nutrition was poorer.

Some claim that this shortage of labour caused the rise of a middle class of trader and craftsmen.

Answer 3

The Black Death was so fatal because both plagues were able to kill the victims within 5 days. 1 was not curable as well. Aside from the seriousness of the plague it spread through cities and towns like wildfire sometimes wiping out whole areas.

Answer 4

It spread rapidly and there was no cure. People died in hundreds. Towns got in even quicker because of so much contact with others. It was a VERY deadly time :(

Answer 5

because it was caused by rats are rats are cool

Answer 6

the Black Death spread via mongol armies. Than it spread via rats and fleas.

Answer 7

It devoured 1/3rd of Europe's population.

Answer 8

A long time ago, rats carried hundreds of dangerous diseases which spread and so billions died.